I Am the Swarm

Rowan hated his good eyes a little, and complained a little about why he had to watch the whole process.

A rare delicacy, why let him see the production process, which will make him eat in the future, this is simply a crit injury to a foodie.

He turned his head to stop looking around, and concentrated on exploring the way.

Due to the obstructed view, before dark, he only searched a radius of several hundred meters and found four ant nests. These ant nests are all black ants, and they are generally larger in size. Perhaps it is related to their ability to raise other insects. A richer food source allows them to feed more clansmen.

And Rowan also had a choice for the new nesting location, and he chose it at the center of the intersection of the four ant nests. Although this location is a bit dangerous, Rowan is already very experienced in how to hide the lair.

These black ants can't dig deep underground, he just needs to build a nest deep underground like before. Then you can build a transfer station on the top that is completely separated from the nest below.

The worm nest below is like an isolated island, and it is only connected to the transit station above when transporting food.

Now that the purpose of this trip has been achieved, it's time to return. It's getting late today, so he decided to take a night's rest and set off tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, Rowan got out of the soil, went to the adjacent ant nest to have a meal, and then climbed towards the cliff.

The last encounter on the cliff still had lingering fears. This time, he moved to another place, and his hook claws tightly grasped the stone wall, pulling his body to climb up.

Rock climbing is a very physically demanding job, especially Rowan's somewhat rounded body, which requires extra physical effort. However, the huge size also means that the limbs are thicker and stronger, and his ability to resist strong winds has been strengthened. It can be said that there are advantages and disadvantages.

Be careful to pay attention to the gap on the cliff, to prevent something from jumping out suddenly. If he was attacked by surprise, this time he absolutely did not hesitate, and immediately started to eject and ejected his body.

Although this means climbing again, Rowan's purpose this time is to find a safe path. Next time he comes back, he will bring many younger brothers, and he must ensure the safety of the path.

Fortunately, there was no attack on the way. It seems that there are not many spiders of that kind on the cliff. Last time, I was very unlucky and only encountered one.

From the morning until the evening, he climbed the tens of meters of cliffs. The reason why it took so much time was that in addition to the fact that crawling upwards was very physically exhausting, there was a period of time when the wind was too strong. Even if his limbs were thick, he couldn't support it. He found a rock gap to hide for a long time, until the wind weakened. climb out.

There was basically no danger in the desert area above, so Rowan decided to drive overnight.

In the evening of the second day, except for a few short breaks in the middle of the journey, the rest of the time was full of effort. Finally, it took more than two days to go, and it took only one day and one night for Rowan to get back.

Counting the time, I went out this time, going back and forth, plus the restorative sleep time, about a week. Everything in the worm nest is still in good condition, except that the stored food is basically exhausted, and there is no other loss.

Most of the bugs lie quietly on the ground to save energy. Only a small number of smaller workers are feeding on the larvae.

Rowan also saw more than ten small black beetles on the side, and it seemed that the first batch of eggs had finally grown into adults.

Unblock the room where the brood is located, first feed some food to the brood, then link with the brood and upload some newly acquired gene fragments.

As for how to migrate the worm nest, Rowan has already used the time on the way back to think about it.

There are more than 1,000 insects in the nest, including adults, larvae, pupae and eggs. Among them, adult worms are the most, accounting for more than half of them, and most of the rest are pupae and larvae.

And because the mother nest was ordered to stop producing new eggs early, there were few eggs that had not hatched in the nest.

He first ordered all the worms to eat the rest of the food, and then each adult worm carried a larva, pupae or eggs. He himself connected to the mother's nest, and the little black beetles burrowed under the mother's nest, lined up in a square, and put the back armors together to form a simple platform to hold up the mother's nest.

Everything was ready, and the migratory army set off in a mighty manner.

A few digging ants opened the way ahead, and first dug a road to the surface.

Hei Da couldn't communicate, and Luo Wen came to give it up. Who knew that when Luo Wen and many little black beetles pulled the mother nest outward, it also closely followed.

On the barren land, a huge beetle dragged a sarcoid and crawled slowly. If you look closely, you can see that there are many small beetles moving under the sarcoid. Hundreds of ants followed behind them, and the ants had something like a chrysalis on their jaws.

This large wave of bugs is obviously not of the same species, but they live in harmony and move slowly in the same direction.

The large force is moving forward. Because of the family and the mouth, the movement speed is naturally not as fast as Rowan's own hands and feet~www.novelmt.com~ He estimated that it would take a week to walk to the cliff at the current speed. time.

During this period of time, the black beetles could say that there were still some tall trees that were not harmed by the roadside, and there were always a few young branches on them that could feed their stomachs. And the ants can only lick some tree sap to add some water. Rowan doesn't know how long they can last without eating and drinking water.

He decided to wait until the new station to produce a new batch of eggs, and he must add the soil-eating gene fragments, at least not to worry that they will starve to death.

Every evening, Rowan would lead the worms to dig a temporary cave. The temperature at night was a little lower, but the adults were better, but the larvae couldn't stand it.

On the first night, he didn't notice this problem, so the few remaining eggs were frozen to death, and some larvae died. The pupae were fine, but two adults who had just broken pupae were also frozen to death.

No way, after all, they are also proteins. Rowan ordered the bugs to eat them, which can be regarded as a little supplement of energy.

Along the way, the sporadic earthy yellow ants that I could see occasionally did not know where they had gone, and even after walking for a few days, I didn't encounter a single one.

A week later, the migratory army finally reached the edge of the cliff. At this time, the number of insect swarms had shrunk from more than 1,000 to more than 900.

Except for the ones that froze to death on the first night, some bugs were lost every day for various reasons. Most of the larvae died because of food supplementation, and there were some adults who had just broken their chrysalis. Among them, the weaker ones didn't hold up, and some fell behind and didn't keep up.

There are various reasons for this, but those are all in the past, and now they have achieved their phased goals.

However, soon they will face a more severe test.

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